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B Gallery + House of Green

written by
Na Unchung, Yoo Sorae​
photographed by
Roh Kyung
materials provided by
NAMELESS Architecture
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The site is located in Gangwon-do, in a valley where a deep mountain ridge meets the water. Here, in this natural landscape, the rock indicates history. Rocks which have been sedimented, denatured, and exposed over a very long time – and which are now being eroded by the force of the earth – embrace the time of the earth with a longer intake of breath than anything else. The age of architecture, the structures which are to be placed here, will need to breathe more slowly and adapt willingly to its surroundings. 

An artificial rock, which can represent the memory of the earth, has been placed at the edge of the valley. The concrete mass, which is laid towards the valley, displays its rigidness in the changing landscape and embraces nature from within. The tranquil rock in the valley, where water and wind flows evenly, creates a sense of time in this place, one that runs at a slower rate.

The building consists of three masses, a water space, and a deck that connects them together. The three concrete masses, including a gallery, music room and a residential space, have different programmes, spaces, volumes, and arrangement methods. The interior materials also correspond with each building block¡¯s programme: a white wall for the gallery; wooden finishing for the music room attentive to the quality of the acoustics; stone and wood for the residential space. Buildings that seem similar but in fact differ from one another are connected by large and small roads and yards, creating a small village-like scenery. 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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NAMELESS Architecture
NAMELESS Architecture is a concept-based design practice with offices in Seoul and New York. Na Unchung and Yoo Sorae each graduated from Hongik University and Korea University. They both received M.Arch. from the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. After establishing NAMELESS Architecture in New York, they expanded their office into Seoul. They run a practice committed to simplicity in an unpredictable world, where they explore the worlds of architecture, city, and global cultural phenomena. NAMELESS¡¯s work has been widely published and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Center for Architecture New York, Parsons the New School, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul Museum of Art and National Museum of Korea. The office has received numerous awards, including AIA New York Honor Awards, The Architectural League Prize for Young Architect, AIA New Practice New York (NPNY), Kim Swoo Geun Prize Preview Award and Design Vanguard Award from Architectural Record.

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